Sylvia (Klavon) Simms

Thursday

Oct 11, 2018 at 11:58 AM

Sylvia I. (Pemberton) (Klavon) Simms, 92, of Geneseo died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Good Samaritan Village, Geneseo. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Geneseo, the Rev. Stephen Mueller officiating. Burial was in North Cemetery, Geneseo. Memorials may be made to Concordia Lutheran Church or St. John’s Lutheran Church, Geneseo.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Geneseo, the Rev. Stephen Mueller officiating. Burial was in North Cemetery, Geneseo. Memorials may be made to Concordia Lutheran Church or St. John’s Lutheran Church, Geneseo.

Sylvia Pemberton was born July 12, 1926, in Geneseo, the daughter of Henry and Nellie (Sanders) Pemberton. She attended Geneseo schools and graduated with a GED in 1974. On July 3, 1943, she married Harry A. Klavon in Geneseo. He died April 1, 1997. She married Vernon M. Simms on Oct. 5, 2002, in Geneseo. He died March 27, 2009.

Sylvia had owned and operated Sylvia’s Beauty Shop in Geneseo for 42 years until retiring in 2005.

Sylvia was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, Geneseo VFW Women’s Auxiliary and the Geneseo American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed collecting dolls.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, a daughter, Darla Stidham, son-in-law, Rich Anderson, two daughters-in-law, Carol Klavon and Annette Klavon, three brothers, two sisters and two grandsons, Marcus Klavon and Kyle Klavon.